Human Trafficking in China
Human trafficking is not only an issue in China, but also in other parts of the world. Trafficking affect everyone on a large scale. “Human trafficking is one of the leading criminal enterprises, and annually, markets will generate about $42.5 billion” (Hendrix). In addition, the International Labor Organization estimates that 2.4 million out of 12.3 million people who are victims of forced labor have been trafficked, and much of those trafficking victims are women and children. This report will introduce the history of the Chinese system, and the potential targets, and government efforts to abolish human trafficking as well as child labor. First, I would like to introduce the history of the Chinese system.
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Many of these boys at the time had graduated from middle school. Besides the family’s income, individuals also borrowed money from banks or other people to help pay for the wedding. Families who have borrowed money typically face debt. High bride price also brings unstable factors into society. Some young men make money illegally to pay a bride price. According, to Jiang, in recent years, there were reports of committing crimes, including murder, robbery, and stealing money to pay for bride price. Jiang stated, that these kinds of incidents often appear in news media. There was a case of robbing and kidnapping to pay a bride price. In January 2011, a young man in Hengshui Hebei province, robbed a young university student couples on their way to a bank. The robber didn’t get much money from the students, the robber only got six to seven Yuan RMB. The robber then, kidnapped the female student and asked the male student to pay 50,000 Yuan RMB as ransom. “After being caught, the kidnapper said that he had been asked to pay 100,000 Yuan RMB ($15,000) to marry his girlfriend by his would-be father in law, so he robbed and kidnapped to get enough money” (Liu,
Human trafficking is not only an issue in China, but also in other parts of the world. Trafficking affect everyone on a large scale. “Human trafficking is one of the leading criminal enterprises, and annually, markets will generate about $42.5 billion” (Hendrix). In addition, the International Labor Organization estimates that 2.4 million out of 12.3 million people who are victims of forced labor have been trafficked, and much of those trafficking victims are women and children. This report will introduce the history of the Chinese system, and the potential targets, and government efforts to abolish human trafficking as well as child labor. First, I would like to introduce the history of the Chinese system.
Throughout …show more content…
Many of these boys at the time had graduated from middle school. Besides the family’s income, individuals also borrowed money from banks or other people to help pay for the wedding. Families who have borrowed money typically face debt. High bride price also brings unstable factors into society. Some young men make money illegally to pay a bride price. According, to Jiang, in recent years, there were reports of committing crimes, including murder, robbery, and stealing money to pay for bride price. Jiang stated, that these kinds of incidents often appear in news media. There was a case of robbing and kidnapping to pay a bride price. In January 2011, a young man in Hengshui Hebei province, robbed a young university student couples on their way to a bank. The robber didn’t get much money from the students, the robber only got six to seven Yuan RMB. The robber then, kidnapped the female student and asked the male student to pay 50,000 Yuan RMB as ransom. “After being caught, the kidnapper said that he had been asked to pay 100,000 Yuan RMB ($15,000) to marry his girlfriend by his would-be father in law, so he robbed and kidnapped to get enough money” (Liu,